NS Records

The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, show which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain is the most effective way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etcetera, if you would like to change any one of these records, you are going to be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name point out the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the Internet domain you are trying to reach. In this way the website you'll see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There's no practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider will use depends completely on their preference.

The outstanding Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our cloud website hosting packages, will permit you to handle the name servers of each and every domain registered through our company with just a few clicks, so even when you have never had a web hosting plan or a domain address before, you will not encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and will allow you to modify the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domains together. In addition we give you the ability to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain address registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a couple of IP addresses - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to direct the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you'll use the new records to forward the domain to their system. Unlike other companies, we do not charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.

The name servers for every single domain name that is registered through our company can be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks via the innovative, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to see the current NS records for a given domain and to determine if they are the ones that are needed for the domain name to be directed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to manage any domain with ease even if you have never dealt with such matters before. If you want, you may also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not just for the domain under which they are created, but also for any other domain that you would like to host in the same account. This option is very useful if you have customers of your own and you wish their sites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is available absolutely free.